In data giovedì 17 aprile 2014 10:40:14, Don Myers ha scritto: > I recently bought an Acer C 720 Chromebook, and absolutely love it. Boot > times are great. Speed is super. I bought this one because of a really good > Intel processor instead of ARM so I would have complete compatibility with > anything I would run in Ubuntu, and also because of exceptional battery > life, advertised as 8.5 hours. I've not tried to check the time, but it > runs forever without a charge. I've played around a little with Google > Docs, spreadsheet, and prefer to stay with LO. Another reason I went with > the Acer because you can swap out the 16GB or 32GB SSD for a 56 or 128. I > put a 128 in mine.
That's why it is so fast. I install in a relatively old Notebook (Sony Vaio dual core Centrino 1.8 mhz / 2 Gigs Ram / 256 MB video card) a 250 GB SSD Samsung, equipped with Windows 8.1: 10 seconds to turn on and put itself still idle. I didn't try with Linux/KDE, but I think it would be the same. Not necessary to use Chrome OS, from my personal point of view. :) > The best place to buy those is Amazon as they are using > the next generation SSD. You can also install Ubuntu and some other Linux > systems. There are two ways to do that. One is called Chrubuntu, which is > similar to a dual boot on a standard computer. The other way is to use > Crouton, where you are actually running Ubuntu through the Chrome OS. I > first tried Chrubuntu, and had issues installing the Document Foundation > version of LO, and also Wine. I made LO work, but could never make Wine > work. I'm now running Ubuntu on the Chromebook using Crouton. LO works fine > there. Crouton and Chrubuntu are both in their infancy, and will only get > better. I consider my Chromebook a best buy, and am thrilled with it!!!!!!! > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Cley Faye <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2014-04-17 14:43 GMT+02:00 Kracked_P_P---webmaster < > > > > [email protected]>: > > > So I ask if there is any movement towards making a Chrome OS port. > > > > > > Actually this Samsung Chrome uses a microSD card for "some" storage. I > > > cannot tell much about it, since I do not have access to the manual. So > > > the version of LO would need to fit on a microSD card storage, like a > > > tablet, but it is not a tablet. This is really a really small net-book > > > > like > > > > > device running Chrome OS. > > > > As far as I know, making an application for ChromeOS is roughly the same > > as making an "application" (note the quotes) for Chrome. This mean it's > > mostly html based and javascript driven. Porting LO to this kind of > > platform mean two things: > > - We get an awesome, cross-system, cross-platform office suite > > - We have a insane amount of work, need to rewrite *everything* from > > scratch, redo the UI, handle the strict restriction of browser-based > > applications... I'm sure you see what I mean :) > > It *might* be possible to run some binaries part, as it is possible with > > some restriction for Chrome app/extensions, but it remain a formidable > > task. > > > > Honestly, I wouldn't hold my breath for a port of this kind for three > > reasons: it's a huge task, there's little incentive to do it (way less > > than > > an android port for example), and there's a solid alternative. > > > > First alternative (easier): it is possible to install Ubuntu (or other > > linux OS) on a chromebook. I did that long ago, and there's a handful of > > tutorials on how to do so. If your chromebook is Intel based, it's even > > better, but as far as LO is concerned, it can be installed on ARM devices > > too. > > Second alternative (trickier): there's way less tutorials, but I vaguely > > remember the possibility of using real software in chromeos, mainly > > through > > command line. However I don't have any more info, and I'm not sure that it > > isn't restricted to command-line stuff (I'm not even sure that chromeos > > use > > an X server). > > > > Also, regarding storage space: for previous models, it was a really good > > idea to replace the (really) small hard drive with a better one. I don't > > know the specs of the newest chromebooks, but it's worth checking. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > > Problems? > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > deleted -- Valter Open Source is better! LibreOffice: www.libreoffice.org KDE: www.kde.org Kubuntu: www.kubuntu.org -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
